This is definitely not the first open source project for HTML5, but is the first which includes the support for subtitles in their videos. This is a nice feature for HTML5 videos, which are taking large steps to replace Adobe Flash as the preferred platform in websites.

LeanBack has several interesting features as weel, take a look:

• Supports widely used desktop browsers and mobile devices
• Supports also Microsoft Internet Explorer (≤8) and Safari (without Quicktime on Windows) by fallback to flash
• Ability to handle more than one HTML5 video element on a single page
• Javascript library independent
• 100% skinnable using CSS; consistent look between browsers
• Multi-language support
• Browser fullscreen mode; window fullscreen mode
• Volume controls
• Keyboard shortcuts on focused video (desktop browsers)
• Different playback rates (currently in desktop browsers Chrome, Safari, Internet Explorer 9 beta)
• Supports subtitles through HTML5 track element; language-selection by label attribute of track
• Supports preload attribute in desktop browsers to save traffic (using a fix)

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LeanBack HTML5 Player supporting Subtitles originally appeared on: Crenk
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